Grease-cup.



R. H. LWIPP & u. WINELAND.

GREASE CUP. APPLICATlON FILED DEC.20, 1916.

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ATTORNEY United States, residing upon the wheels anem a Burns nnarriannuannss winntann,

GREASE CUIP.

Application filed December 20, 1916.

To all whom it may 001m Be it 'known that we, 'Rorus H. Lnurr .and Uma-zssj lVIn -nmxn, citizens of the county .of Gentry and have nvented new and useful Improvements of whleh'the following 1s a line invention relates to adevice adapted for preventing the grease or lubricant for the rear axle of an automobileleaking out and tires thereof and thus inflicting injurytothe saidwheel and tires.

In carrying out our-inventionwe propose to provide a cup that is designed to be arranged over the end of the axle housing and i 1whic'h ist-provided: with a compressible washer that surrounds theaxle, the said cup being further provided with an outlet spout leading away' from the wheels ofthe vehicle 5 so that all. surplus grease can be directed between the rear wheels of the vehicle away -from contact with the said wheels.

i oughly effective for 1 1t isa further .object of our invention to produce a device of'. this charactenwhich sha1l ;be extremely simple, which maybe readily attachedto any ordinarycon'struction of-automobiles and which shall be thorthe purpose designed.

WVi-th-the above vand other objects'in view forth in thefollowing specification and falling within the scope of the appended claims; f :.In'the ,Figure'l isaview illustrating the apph,-,

drawings i cation of the improvement,

Fig. 2-is anenlarg doentral longitudinal) sectional view-through. thesame,

I -1g; 3 is a perspect'veview of the im- .provement,

Fig.4 is an e .evation looking toward the inner face of the improvement.

,. -the flange 4- of a I aeentral'opening through which the axle 6 Upon the inner face of :555 the: cap 5' wearrange a felt or other coin -'is adapted to pass.

'In the drawing the numerall designates the housing for the rear axle of an auto mobile, 2 th'e'hub flange which is adapted to receive the hub brake drum and 3 the boss or projection which extends a suitable distance in the hub flange and whichforms the end of the housing proper.

. 'lhe boss 3 is adapted to be surrounded by cap 5, the said cap having pressible gasket 7, and contacting with the "Specification of hettersfatent.

said gasket is a metal washer 8. 14 of r in right angular relation with each other is at King City, inthe State of Missouri,

V cone-shaped, as

;face of the metallic washer 9 to arranged at a as applied to only we claim is:

or KING CITY, nis'souni.

serial no. 138,121.

The flange the cap 5 preferably at points disposed formed with threaded openings to receive the tlr'readedlshanks of headed members 9,'I

the said members being .kerfed, whereby to receive the sharpenedend of an instrument,

suclras a screwdriver so thatthe' said memb'ers may be inserted in the said threaded openings and adjusted for a purpose which willpresently be apparent. It is, of course,

; to be understood that the members 9 may be Patented May 22, 1911 E.

provided with rectangular orsquare heads so that they can be readilyturned by a wrench or the like. The threaded shanks of the adjustable members 9 have their ends ends are adapted to engage with the inner force the with the comsame into tight engagement gasket 7 or to regulate the pressure pressible betweenthe said washer and the said gasket." The flange i at the lower portion of the cap 5 is providedwith an opening 1-1 to receive the angular or branch end member- 13, the said 12 pipe being preferably respect to the longitudinal plane I of the axle 6,'the sa d pipe passing through an opening g 14: in the hub flange 2. the mprovement resides in the construction, combinatlon and arrangement of parts set- While we have illustratedthe construction 7 one end of an automobile, it is to be understood that the same is adapted to bearranged upon both of the sidesof the housing for the rear'axle of the vehicle. and from the foregoing description the simplicity and advantagesof theconstruction will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to thoseskilled in the art to whichsuch inven vention appertains without further detailed description. 1

Having thus described the invention, what l. In a device for the purpose set forth,

a flanged caphaving a central opening, a compressible-gasket in the cap and having an opening alining with theopening of the cap, a metallic washer contacting with the gasket, adjustable means upon the of the cap and engaging with the washer for regulating the frictional contact of the [washer withthe gasket, and an outlet spout .for the cap.

2. In a device for the purpose, set forth,

a flanged cap having a central 'opeuiing in the facev thereof, a compressible gasket n at 10, and these cone-shaped downward inclination with meme.- 3

the cap a metallic Washer contacting with an opening, and an angularly disposed spout the gasket the flange of the cap having connected with the said flange and surroundthreaded 0 enings, threaded elements passing the opening. a 1o ing throng the openings and having cone- In testimony whereof we affix-our signa- 5 shaped ends engaging with'the outer face tures. w of the Washer, the flange of the cap, at the RUFUS H. LIMPP.

lower portion thereof being provided with URLESS WINELAND. 

